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Which of the following meets these requirements?

A company will store sensitive documents in three Amazon S3 buckets based on a data classification scheme of “Sensitive,” “Confidential,” and “Restricted.” The security solution must meet all of the following requirements: Each object must be encrypted using a unique key. Items that are stored in the “Restricted” bucket require two-factor authentication for decryption. AWS […]

Which of the following options will mitigate the threat? (Choose two.)

A threat assessment has identified a risk whereby an internal employee could exfiltrate sensitive data from production host running inside AWS (Account 1). The threat was documented as follows: Threat description: A malicious actor could upload sensitive data from Server X by configuring credentials for an AWS account (Account 2) they control and uploading data […]

The mail application should be configured to connect to which of the following endpoints and corresponding por

A Systems Engineer has been tasked with configuring outbound mail through Simple Email Service (SES) and requires compliance with current TLS standards. The mail application should be configured to connect to which of the following endpoints and corresponding ports? A. email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com over port 8080 B. email-pop3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com over port 995 C. email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com over port 587 D. […]

How can the Administrator restrict usage of member root user accounts across the organization?

A Security Administrator is restricting the capabilities of company root user accounts. The company uses AWS Organizations and has enabled it for all feature sets, including consolidates billing. The top-level account is used for billing and administrative purposes, not for operational AWS resource purposes. How can the Administrator restrict usage of member root user accounts […]

How can edge security be enhanced to safeguard the Amazon EC2 instances against attack? (Choose two.)

An application is currently secured using network access control lists and security groups. Web servers are located in public subnets behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB); application servers are located in private subnets. How can edge security be enhanced to safeguard the Amazon EC2 instances against attack? (Choose two.) A. Configure the application’s EC2 instances […]

Which of the following solutions will meet these requirements?

Compliance requirements state that all communications between company on-premises hosts and EC2 instances be encrypted in transit. Hosts use custom proprietary protocols for their communication, and EC2 instances need to be fronted by a load balancer for increased availability. Which of the following solutions will meet these requirements? A. Offload SSL termination onto an SSL […]

Which of the following may be causing this problem? (Choose three.)

A company has contracted with a third party to audit several AWS accounts. To enable the audit, cross-account IAM roles have been created in each account targeted for audit. The Auditor is having trouble accessing some of the accounts. Which of the following may be causing this problem? (Choose three.) A. The external ID used […]

What must the company create in its AWS account to map permissions for AWS services to Active Directory user a

A company wants to control access to its AWS resources by using identities and groups that are defined in its existing Microsoft Active Directory. What must the company create in its AWS account to map permissions for AWS services to Active Directory user attributes? A. AWS IAM groups B. AWS IAM users C. AWS IAM […]

What is the MOST cost-effective way to correct this?

The Security Engineer implemented a new vault lock policy for 10TB of data and called initiate-vault-lock 12 hours ago. The Audit team identified a typo that is allowing incorrect access to the vault. What is the MOST cost-effective way to correct this? A. Call the abort-vault-lock operation, fix the typo, and call the initiate-vault-lock again. […]

What approach would enable the Security team to find out what the former employee may have done within AWS?

The Security team believes that a former employee may have gained unauthorized access to AWS resources sometime in the past 3 months by using an identified access key. What approach would enable the Security team to find out what the former employee may have done within AWS? A. Use the AWS CloudTrail console to search […]


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